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... , it’s safe to say that M.2 SSD’s have taken over as the preferred form factor for those building a PC in the current generation. With motherboard manufactures for Intel and AMD now supporting the M.2 fo ...

... it.
I’ve had countless hard drives and SSDs fail in working with computers for more than 40 years. So, let’s have a look into an amazing piece of technology, courtesy of Seagate, as we are building and ...

... an SSD in a rear mounted slot, and – so far – the 8D is the only Drobo with Intelligent Volume Management technology.
Dual Thunderbolt 3 connectivity is a big part of the speed you need. We’ve sometimes ...

... we observed last time, Drobos are no speed monsters. There are ways to improve throughput like using a proper Thunderbolt connection and installing SSDs or an mSATA card but for backup and relatively quick ...

... I was also very excited to see that the unit was able to hold 2x M.2 SSD drives internally. These are used for caching purposes also known as QTier. You can easily see that the TS-873U comes with tons ...

... As expected I saturated the link and was quite happy.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get my hands on some compatible SFPs to test out the 10 Gigabit ports. I’m a huge fan of 10GB! With a decent CPU, SSD and ...

... It allows for redundancy and the failure of 1, 2 or even 3 disks. Take it from us: HDDs (and SSDs!) fail fairly frequently... On that score I’ve never have had a real NAS unit failure so these things are ...

... an optional 10GbE network card can be installed in the PCIe slot for extra bandwidth. This PCIe slot can also be used to house dual M.2 SSD cards with Synology’s optional M2D17 add-in card.
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... whilst bringing sheer processing power to the table. You can start to see when utilizing SSD technology that the TVS-X73 range will stand out amongst all others in the same price point.
Whether it’s ...

... via a late 2016 MacBook Pro with one wireless hop to the RT2600ac followed by a CAT6 connection to an aging Mac Mini. Both devices contained SSD storage devices and were functioning nominally. Transfer ...

... for housing an optional laptop (5-7mm) SATA SSD/HDD. The hard drive is quickly accessed via two thumbscrews located on either side of the tray.
Along with the unit itself, the Solo 4K comes with everything ...

Earlier this week we attended Synology 2017 at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre. At the Conference Synology announced a number of new products and services including a 24 bay SSD NAS, an Australian ...

... g padded with small strips of rubber to dampen mechanical drive vibration. On the down side, if you are looking to fit a 2.5" drive or SSD, optional drive trays are not included in the deal although y ...

... er tests, the Mac Mini's internal 256GB SSD was used. We also used version 10.3.3 of the AJA System Test Utility, version 6.0.0 of Helios LanSpeed Test and all timing was measured manually via stopwatch.
Traditiona ...

... he Mac Mini's internal 120GB SSD was used. We also used version 10.3.3 of the AJA System Test Utility, version 6.0.0 of Helios LanSpeed Test and all timing was measured manually via stopwatch.
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... it. AES 256-bit encryption can be enabled per volume for safety of data.
One of the features of the TS-451U is the ability to put SSD drives into the drive bays and use it for cache acceleration. This m ...

... and put in an SSD, what are you gonna do with that naked hard drive you just pulled out? It probably has more capacity than that SSD but you need to have an enclosure for that.
That's where the VisionT ...

... ternal transfer tests, the Mac Mini's internal 120GB SSD was used. We also used version 10.3.3 of the AJA System Test Utility, version 6.0.0 of Helios LanSpeed Test and all timing was measured manually ...

SanDisk has released the affordable Ultra II series SSD which we'll benchmark and review. Performance wise these SSDs will be fast, reads exceptional, writes thanks to Toggle NAND flash a little slow......SanDis ...

In this review we test the 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSD. A lovely piece of technology. An SSD that is extremely fast and actually amongst the handful of fastest storage units we have ever tested. Head on o......In ...

We review the Plextor M6 Pro SSD. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly. This SSD series is tagged PRO, and as such y......We ...

We review the AMD Radeon R7 series SSD. Based on an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller the product comes with the latest iteration of Toshiba NAND flash memory. The end result is an SSD that is very fast ......We ...

We review the Angelbird SSD WRK 256 GB SSD. Angelbird recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly, in both price and performance. ......We ...

We review the all new ARC 100 series SSDs from OCZ Storage Solutions. Based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller we test the product which comes with the latest iteration of Toshiba NAND flash memory......We ...

We revisit the SanDisk Extreme PRO review, this round we will look at all three available models including the 240 - 480 and 960 GB versions. Yeah, Sandisk has released the Extreme Pro series SSD wh......We ...

... xternal transfer tests, the Mac Mini's internal 120GB SSD was used. We also used version 10.3.3 of the AJA System Test Utility and all timing was measured manually via stopwatch.
It is also worth no ...

SanDisk has released the Extreme Pro series SSD which we benchmark and review. Though performance wise they will only be a notch faster, they offer better endurance, ling lasting performance, 10 year......SanDisk ...

... ransfer tests, the Mac Mini's internal 120GB SSD was used. We also used version 10.3.3 of the AJA System Test Utility and all timing was measured manually via stopwatch.
It is also worth noting that ...

We review the Corsair Force LX 256GB SSD. Corsair recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly, in both price and performance. The e......We ...

We review the Plextor M6S SSD. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung mostly, in both price and performance. The end result is a very ca......We ...

We'll review the RevoDrive 350 from OCZ Storage Solutions today. Let me just quickly throw some numbers at you that will get a smile on your face, so how do 1700~1800 MB/s maximum read and write ......We'll ...

Plextor released an M.2 Express based PCI Express SSD, and we review it. Designed and based on PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot, the newcomers are 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB SSDs powered by a Marvell controller......Plextor ...

Intel recently announced the the series 730 SSD, and we review it. This is the arrival of the new 730 series for consumers is interesting as it is a product that uses the server SSD DNA from Intel, a......Intel ...

... the market leader in this field. No surprises there.
What did surprise me was how small the form factor is of their latest Padlock SSD! So let's have a look once I can find the key to this Padlock.. ...

We review and test the OCZ Vertex 460 SSD series released in 120 - 240 and 480 GB versions. Based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller we test the 120GB NAND flash memory based model. The end result is ...

... We are talking about replacing the hard drive.
The obvious choice to get things moving faster is to install an SSD. Good choice but expensive and not nearly as much capacity as your old laptop. What ...

... ed via SATA II inside, and swapping that out isn't much of an issue. Brian Williams has already tried out the system with two alternate drives: a 500GB Samsung EVO SSD, and a Seagate 1TB hybrid SSHD. As ...

We review the OCZ Vector 150. See OCZ has been updating their Vector series SSD with the all new Vector 150. This round though speed is not trivial as the purpose of the Vector 150 is to be extremely fast ...

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